During this course you will discover an evidence based approach to positive therapy - invaluable in a range of therapeutic, social care and educational environments across the age span.
This course covers all essential components of effective use of positive psychology approach in helping clients. In brief it will explore:
The history and evidence base of positive psychology and its practical application.
The limitations of pathology-based therapies.
The ways to enhance “client wellbeing” through “Teaching Happiness” with a wide range of client groups from children to offenders.
Identifying and enhancing client strengths. “Signature Strengths” and how they might be identified and used in working with clients. The relationship between strengths and problematic behaviour. Techniques for developing key strengths in order to overcome obstacles and set backs.
Environmental interventions and their impact on pro-social behaviour and positive mood. Practical implications and uses.
The development of resilience and gratitude: their impact on motivation and mood
The relationship between altruistic behaviour and psychological wellbeing.
During this course you will learn:
How to become optimistic and resource led with your clients even if you were trained to be needs led or pathology focused.
How to overcome client resistance to change by bypassing deficits
Discuss how to incorporate positive therapy into your existing practice to make it more effective
Outline:
Introduction
The history and evidence base of positive psychology and its practical application. Similarities and differences between positive therapy (PT) and other resource based therapies (RBT), i.e. BSFT & MI as well as other therapeutic techniques (CBT, Rogerian approaches etc). The limitations of pathology-based therapies.
Enhancing “client wellbeing”
“Teaching happiness” and its use with a range of client groups from children to offenders. The relationship between well-being and the reduction in “problematic behaviour”
Identifying and enhancing client strengths
“Signature Strengths” and how they might be identified and used in working with clients. The relationship with strengths and problematic behaviour. Video and Exercise
Non-verbal interventions
Environmental interventions and their impact on pro-social behaviour and positive mood. Practical implications and uses. Exercise
The development of resilience
Techniques for developing key strengths in order to overcome obstacles and set backs.
Developing client gratitude – even in those who have experienced extreme trauma
Paul GranthamConsultant Clinical Psychologist, Founder and Director of SDS Seminars
Paul Grantham, Chartered Clinical Psychologist, a Senior Associate of The Royal Society of Medicine, Accredited CBT Therapist. He is the Founder and Director of SDS Ltd and one of the most popular and inspirational tutors in the field of psychological skills training.
“In a 100 yrs I’m sure ALL therapies will be like this – strengths rather than deficits focused.”
“There are rare occasions when the conceptualisation of your work is fundamentally changed for the better. This course is one of those occasions. Brilliant!”
This video series is an attempt to present practitioners with a clear overview of Positive Psychology principles, its methods and processes and to give them guidance about its everyday use with a variety of clients.
The series consists of 4 videos that primarily concentrate on identifying and developing clients’ signature strengths. In his exclusive interviews Paul Grantham, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, with a vast experience in teaching and applying positive psychology in practice, outlines in detail the use of the VIA Survey for the assessment of client’s character strengths, and the way of exercising the signature strength in everyday life. He also answers the most common questions that are asked by practitioners who are working in the positive psychology field and explores ways of dealing with the common problems and difficulties that they might be facing in their work.
Each interview is followed by a live session with a client. You will see how to introduce positive psychology concepts to the client step by step, including those that are not always easy to explore. The sessions are followed by a reflective discussion with further practical recommendations and the client’s feedback and reflections on the experience. The fourth video is a seminar led by Paul Grantham on building clients’ well-being and resilience.
